Attack Of The Nerd!

To come up with our killer, we studied the commonalities and stereotypical characteristics of killers through out well known and popular films. This is what we came up with...

Commonalities of Slasher movies.

· Masks

· Distorted faces

· Gloomy costume

· Serious facial expression shadows in setting

· Male

· Mystery

· Dark setting

· Mostly one of the main characters

· Mentally ill

· Insane

· Insecure

· Masacistic

· Isolation form society

· Hidden identity

Commonalities in slasher horror protagonists.

· Personalities are masked and hidden thus keeping humanity unseen in killers mind or victims

· Choice of weapon suggest sadistic nature of killer

· Lack or distortion of human qualities

· Costume codes show lack of awareness of image and convey isolation form society

· Body language suggest overriding resilience and strength

· Sadistic or far off gaze suggests a warped mind

· Chaos is expressed through the victims lack of verbal or non verbal communication with the killer

· The mask of killers suggests an unacceptance for the crimes committed by the killer

· Costume codes make the setting more terrifying what are normal, everyday objects become menacing weapons.